65th Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting

20 Mar 2015

A Roman Stilling a UCC Researcher (Prof. Cryan’s Laboratory)has been chosen to participate in the 65th Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting.

Dr Roman Stilling, a researcher (Prof. Cryan’s Laboratory) Department of Anatomy & Neuroscience and APC was selected by a scientific review panel of the Council for the Lindau Nobel Laureate meetings.  The 65th meeting will be held on 28 June 2015, in Lindau, Germany. 

Held for the first time in 1951 the Lindau Meetings are a unique platform for an intergenerational dialogue between scientists and provide an internationally recognised forum for knowledge exchange between generations of scientists. Each year 20 to 30 Nobel Laureates congregate in Lindau to meet the next generation of leading scientists in a given field. Only the 650 most qualified young scientists can be given the opportunity to enrich and share the unique atmosphere of the Lindau Nobel Laureate Meetings.

Dr Stilling is an accomplished and enthusiastic early career researcher working on exciting and cutting edge projects centred on epigenetic mechanisms in the brain.  His PhD examining the neuroepigenetics of Alzheimer’s disease led to a number of key papers including one in the prestigious EMBO Journal (IF 10.748).  His Postdoctoral IRC Fellowship at the Alimentary Pharmabiotic Centre is focused on microbes as epigenetic modifiers of brain function and brain behaviour, leading to publication of a key review on the topic in Genes Brain and Behaviour. 

Dr Stilling has the essential traits of being both an independent thinker and a team player who works well in a collaborative environment.  He is eager to develop interdisciplinary approaches to answer complex questions and one of the next steps in his career is to establish an interdisciplinary independent junior research group.  He is a member of several national and international associations including the Society for Neuroscience USA, Neuroscience Ireland and the European Molecular and Cellular Cognition Society.  Recently he was appointed an Expert Reviewer for the European Commission Horizon 2020 Health calls. 

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